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2013 was a year of significant architectural achievement, with completed projects around the world demonstrating advances in digital design, parametric geometry, and a renewed focus on context-driven building. The year’s standout works ranged from cultural landmarks and museums to innovative houses, reflecting the growing influence of sustainable architecture on mainstream practice.
The conventional courtyard house confronts a climatic paradox in Kanazawa, Japan, where winter snow accumulates in deep, persistent layers. Traditionally associated with sunlit, arid environments, heavy snowfall can fundamentally challenge…
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Set against the dramatic landscape of Brissago, a small town perched above Lake Maggiore in Switzerland, the Concrete House by Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architetti is conceived as a quiet…
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The PC House by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma is a private single-storey house in eastern Japan. With strong roots in traditional Japanese temples, the program is arranged in a windmill formation, with…
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Designed by HARQUITECTES, House 1101 in Sant Cugat, Barcelona epitomizes a refreshing blend of modern architecture and natural harmony. The genesis of House 1101 was uncharacteristically aligned with an architects’…
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Located in Sengokubara, Japan, the exquisite timber house Villa, designed by renowned Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, boasts a harmonious square layout that thoughtfully integrates the surrounding natural environment. At the…
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In 2012, O-office transformed the top floor of a 1960s silo building in the oldest beer factory in Guangzhou, the central city of southern China.
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In 2013, Lechner & Lechner Architects completed the “Amorph Livingsculpture” House. The basic idea of the project was to visually interweave the living space with its surroundings.
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The Sayama Forest Chapel in Saitama by Japanese architect Hiroshi Nakamura has a “V” shape timber structure inspired by traditional Japanese structures called “Gassho-zukuri.” Hiroshi Nakamura creates a highly durable wooden construction taking care of environmental…
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The ‘House for a Young Couple’ in Tokyo, envisioned by the Japanese architect Junya Ishigami, redefines urban living with its innovative design. Nestled within its cubic structure, the house features…
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In 2013, Swiss architecture studio Think Architecture completed the Courtyards Houses project located on a hilly plot of Zumikon. The modular design allowed to comply with the strict regulations of…
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In 2013, 6a architects played with Paul Smith’s hand drawings to design the facade pattern of interlocking circles cast in iron for the Paul Smith Retail Shop in London. Slender…
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Hill House, a private residence designed by Matt Goodman in 2013 in Australia, is distinguished by its elongated, slender design, strategically oriented to capture the breathtaking views of the surrounding…
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Architecture studio Juri Troy has designed this eco-friendly timber house as a family home in rural Austria. The house uses a larch shingle façade which is meant to blend with the…
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Designed by NLE Architects in 2013 this small-scale floating project in Nigeria is an alternative building system that provides space for education and cultural programmes in Africa’s coastal regions.
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